6.7% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sandringham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sandringham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap exists between Sandringham and the rest of the country regarding work habits, with 43.5% of people working from home. This is far above the national figure of 21%. While the area is well-connected by public transport, most residents rely on their own cars or home offices for their daily routines.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sandringham splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the primary way people manage their jobs here, a rate far above the state and national figures. Only 2.8% of residents commute by public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
43.5% ▲ +558.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -75.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is readily available with 45 stops and 8 routes, among the largest numbers for an area of this size. This helps 97,973 people remain reachable within 45 minutes by transit, a figure larger than about 80% of similar areas.
45
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.12
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,368.6
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,358
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
97,973
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
65
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is relatively quick with a 21-minute drive time, which is much lower than most areas. It is also very easy to access transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
21
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sandringham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22234/sandringham/topic/transport